Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins
August 31, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Evans rf 5 1 1 2
Boggs 3b 5 1 3 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Armas lf 4 0 1 1
Easler dh 4 1 1 0
Stapleton 2b 3 0 1 0
Sax c 3 0 0 0
  Gedman ph 1 0 1 0
Lyons cf 4 1 1 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 0 0
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
Nipper p 0 0 0 0
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 4 1 2 1
Hatcher lf 5 0 0 0
  Meier lf 0 0 0 0
Bush rf 4 1 2 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 1
Stenhouse dh 3 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 2
Salas c 2 1 1 0
  Laudner c 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 2 0
Espinoza ss 2 0 0 0
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Filson p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Boston 010 000 0124100
Minnesota 212 000 00x5101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper  L (7-10) 2.1 6 5 5 3 2
  Kison   5.2 4 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  W (1-1) 5.2 4 1 1 1 4
  Filson   2.1 4 1 1 0 2
  Davis  SV (18) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
7

  E–Espinoza (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Boggs 2 (34,off Portugal,off Filson).  3B–Minnesota Bush (3,off Nipper); Salas (4,off Nipper).  HR–Boston Evans (19,9th inning off Davis 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Gaetti (14,3rd inning off Nipper 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Espinoza (3,off Kison).  HBP–Espinoza (1,by Nipper).  IBB–Salas (5,by Kison).  SB–Puckett (15,2nd base off Nipper/Sax); Stenhouse (1,2nd base off Kison/Sax).  BK–Portugal (1).  HBP–Nipper (9,Espinoza).  IBB–Kison (3,Salas).  T–2:39.  A–20,779.
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